Arizona Border Crossing Temporarily Closed Due to Surge in Migrant Encounters

Nearly 1,000 migrants are waiting in near-freezing conditions to be processed, as the Tucson sector sees the highest number of encounters along the southern border.

• U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is temporarily suspending operations at the Lukeville, Arizona border crossing to deal with increased levels of migrant encounters.
• Nearly 1,000 migrants are camping in near-freezing temperatures in the Arizona desert near Lukeville, waiting to be processed by the Border Patrol.
• The Tucson sector, where Lukeville is located, is currently seeing the most migrant encounters of any area along the southern border with Mexico.
• CBP is redirecting all vehicle and pedestrian traffic to other ports of entry in the area and is also transporting some migrants to CBP facilities in Yuma, Arizona and El Paso, Texas, for expedited removal.
• Smuggling organizations have been exploiting the region in part because of how remote it is, according to CBP.

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